Why Morality Matters

Date 25 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I write and live my life from a moral standpoint. I always have. Everything I write is assessed and well-thought out. Following the universal ‘rules of the road’ I breathe and live with morality. It’s what makes the world successful. Given the ...
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Seeking Human Kindness

Date 22 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child I struggled, physically, mentally, and emotionally with a disability I didn’t know I had, and as a result I was outwardly struggling and that changed who I was. I remember my mother telling me if I had nothing better to say ...
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I Had No Goals or Ambition

Date 18 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, I had no goals or ambition. Neither were instilled in me and as a result, I didn’t hone-in on them. Instead, I continued to hone-in on a diagnosis, which was never forthcoming. I've had to work everything out. When something ...
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The Covid Timeline

Date 15 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I write about Covid-19 because it’s not gone. With autism it’s not easy to navigate the pandemic. It is still a relatively new virus, which we're being told we're going to have to live with and which we're constantly learning more about ...
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Autism in the Pandemic

Date 13 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Navigating any disability is hard, in a pandemic it’s impossible. There are times when I live with fear and feel unsafe. While we haven't been told Covid is gone, I shall continue to write about it. I have never felt so unsafe, as I do ...
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Taking Steps Towards Positive Change

Date 9 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary’s aim is to help you improve your mental, emotional and psychological wellbeing so that you can make a difference to your life. That doesn’t mean I can cure or fix your problems, you will need to do that yourself. My blog ...
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Elements of Struggle

Date 7 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve often heard people say when someone close dies, a part of them dies with them. I understand and can resonate with their thinking, with their words. Losing my twin has been enormously difficult. Losing my twin feels so ...
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Bad Days

Date 4 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I've had a lot of bad days in my life. In the pandemic I still do. As a child, I used to consciously wish my life was different, easier. Unconsciously, I had no clue what any of it meant. Every day I hoped that whatever my physical ...
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The Past Doesn't Stay in the Past

Date 26 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
The past doesn’t stay in the past. Around mental health, If there’s something you have struggled with that you haven't dealt with, rest assured, it will continue to meet you in your present. Before my writing days, I couldn’t mentally ...
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Coping with Loss and Grief

Date 24 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Watching someone close to you decline is difficult enough, not understanding their decline is harder. But even if you know and you slowly prepare yourself, preparation means nothing when reality hits and you’re there. I came across ...
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Still Unwell

Date 20 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
It's now 20 days into February and I am still not feeling like I did pre-Covid. Poorly from the first week in December with Covid, I’m now recovering from a cough and flu virus, which is slow to go. I’m sure I have long-covid. I wake ...
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The CP Diary Blog To Model for Success

Date 13 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
In 2009 When I first found out about my cerebral palsy diagnosis and in 2010 when I started The CP Diary, the world was different. The world was less complicated and complex, life was orderly and simple back then. It’s getting more ...
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